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From 2011.igem.org

Contents 1 iGEM Japan Summer Meeting 1.1 What is iGEM Japan? 2 2011 Summer Meeting(June 26) 2.1 Date 2.2 Place 2.3 Participant 2.4 Schedule 2.5 Report 3 2011 Summer Meeting(August 29) 3.1 Date 3.2 Place 3.3 Participant 3.4 Schedule 3.5 Photographs 4 Reference

iGEM Japan Summer Meeting

This year, iGEM Japan teams hold iGEM Japan second Meeting at Tokyo Metropolitan University and third meeting at Kyoto University to help iGEM Japan teams and to announce team projects to each other. This event begins from iGEM 2010.

What is iGEM Japan?

iGEM Japan aims at helping iGEM team in Japan and exchanging opinions, and comprises eight universities in Japan.
This organization is organized by iGEM Kyoto in iGEM 2010.
We have held 2010 Summer Meeting at Kyoto University and 2011 Spring Meeting at University of Tokyo.
More information is described in [http://igemjapan.net/wiki/ iGEM Japan].

2011 Summer Meeting(June 26)

Date

June 26 2011

Place

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Participant

KAIT_Japan
Kyoto
Tokyo_Metropolitan
Tokyo_NoKoGen
Tokyo_Tech
UT-Tokyo
Waseda-Japan
Scigem(team for iGEM2012)

Schedule

Report

2nd Japan meet up was taken place on June 26th in Tokyo_Metropolitan University. 8 teams, 50 persons attended the meeting.

At first, we introduced ourselves and talked “What to do during this hot summer”. Each self-introduction was unique.
Next, we talk freely through playing game. This ice break time lead us to worthwhile project session.

In project session, 6 universities (Waseda-Japan, Tokyo_Tech, UT-Tokyo, Tokyo_Metropolitan, KAIT_Japan, Kyoto) presented our team project.

In Discussion, each team shared information about how to deal team management, procedures of experiments. All　of team have some worry and idea to accomplish team project.
At last, we enjoyed dinner time. Thanks to this time, we got more deeply involved.

2011 Summer Meeting(August 29)

Date

August 29 2011

Place

Kyoto University

Participant

Kyoto
Tokyo_Metropolitan
Tokyo_Tech
KIT-Kyoto

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Unfortunately, participating teams were four teams because of Japan touhoku earthquake.
However, we could exchange profitable opinions.

Schedule

Time	Team	Title
14:30~15:00	Osaka	Bio-dosimeter
15:00~15:30	Tokyo Metropolitan	BeE.coli
15:30~16:00	break time
16:00~16:30	UT-Tokyo	SMART E.coli
16:30~17:00	Kyoto	Carnivorous E.coli
17:00~18:00	pleasant talk time

In pleasant talk time,

• we listened to encouragement of iGEM OB, OG and advisers
• we was divided to three groups and freely talked with each other in these groups.

After summer meeting program, we went to dinner and

Photographs

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